Cristina's Testimony

September 2007

Dear Pastor and Friends,

          I grew up in a Christian family and always went to church. But one day when I was five years old my mom talked to me about God and Salvation. That night God was dealing in my heart, and I realized I was a sinner and if I didn’t get saved I was going to lose eternal life with Jesus. So I told my mom I wanted to get saved, and I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. I acknowledged that Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven, because He is, “The Way the Truth and the Life.” Two years later when I was seven years old I wanted to follow the Lord in believer’s baptism, and I took a step of faith and got baptized at Cherry Street Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri, April 1993.
          In 1993 my parents surrendered to be missionaries to Greece and started Deputation. We were on Deputation for less than two years. In between those two years we were in a Missions Conference in Bowling Green, Kentucky. That night I surrendered my life to God to be a missionary when I grew up. We spent eleven years in Greece, in which I have been working in the church my dad started, and evangelizing with him downtown. I started teaching Sunday school in our church at age twelve, and I also played piano for altar calls only. Four years ago, I was praying for God to show me what I can do for the ministry in our church. He answered my prayer and I was able to start playing piano for our church services, for about two years. It was great! During the Olympics in Greece, we had a group of a hundred and ten come to evangelize with us for a week. Everyday we went downtown and evangelized and handed out twenty-five thousand Bibles. I had the great privilege of leading someone to the Lord, and he has been coming to church ever since. His name is Kevin, he is the first person I have ever lead to the Lord, and that night I had so much joy in my heart, I wanted to talk to everybody and lead everyone to the Lord.
          With the desire to serve in the mission field I enrolled in the Greek Bible Institute Alpha Program through Liberty University in Athens, then I went to Baptist Bible College. In the summer I went with my family to the Missions Retreat, and I had felt reservations concerning going back to Greece because I lived there and saw the difficulty that my parents experienced. But the Lord touched my heart and I surrendered my will to God’s will and am willing to go back to Greece.

Sincerely,

Cristina Sinde

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